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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

Lead on, Macduff! - 21 March 2021

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

For rock climbers, skiers, and other outdoor enthusiasts, the word send has taken on a whole new meaning. You might cheer on a fellow snowboarder with Send it, bro! — and being sendy is a really great thing. Plus: a nostalgic trip to Willa Cather’s’ Nebraska home inspires a reading from one of her classic books about life on the American prairie. And what do they call a sudden, heavy rain where you live? A gully-washer? A frog-strangler? Or maybe even a bridge-lifter? All that, and the flowery language of seed catalogs, rank and file, cut me a husk, I am sat down vs. I am sitting down, Lead on, MacDuff! vs. Lay on, MacDuff!, a hematological puzzle, and a popular Spanish-language refrain about an extremely long goodbye. Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: ⁠https://waywordradio.org⁠. Be a part of the show: call or text ⁠1 (877) 929-9673⁠ toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text ⁠+1 619 800 4443⁠. Send voice notes or messages via ⁠WhatsApp 16198004443.⁠ Email ⁠words@waywordradio.org⁠. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, I'm Jack Greenlich.

0:02.0

I think you can listen to music from relaxing to celebrating, to getting yourself prepared.

0:08.0

I like all sorts, honestly. I like hip-hop, R&B, and then house music as well.

0:13.0

So yeah, there's no guilt with pleasure as R&D.

0:15.0

Jack wears the Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra headphones, enjoying his favourite music,

0:20.0

with more immersive sounds than ever before.

0:23.0

Wow, the music's just everything, isn't it?

0:25.0

Get yours at Bose.co.uk.

0:27.0

Bose, sound is power.

0:30.0

You're listening to away with words, the show about language, and how we use it.

0:34.0

I'm Grant Barrett.

0:35.0

And I'm Martha Barnett, and Grant, I bet you've been up to the same thing I have been up to,

0:40.0

which is perusing seed catalogs and dreaming of this year's garden.

0:45.0

Oh, yeah, it's like the adult version of the Sears catalogs that you looked at at Christmas time when you were a kid.

0:52.0

Isn't that the truth?

0:54.0

Are there so beautiful, all these lovely plants and flowers?

0:59.0

Oh, it's just delightful.

1:01.0

Well, yeah, the images, but of course, also the language is what's catching my eye.

1:07.0

Some of those names are just, why would they be naming fruits and vegetables,

1:12.0

things like diplomat or albion, or seascape?

1:16.0

I mean, there's sort of like paint chips or something.

1:19.0

Yeah.

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